Present status of JAEA-Tokai tandem accelerator

Matsuda, Makoto  ; Sataka, Masao; Takeuchi, Suehiro; Tsukihashi, Yoshihiro; Hanashima, Susumu; Abe, Shinichi; Osa, Akihiko  ; Ishizaki, Nobuhiro  ; Tayama, Hidekazu; Nakanoya, Takamitsu  ; Kabumoto, Hiroshi  ; Nakamura, Masahiko; Kutsukake, Kenichi ; Otokawa, Yoshinori  ; Ouchi, Isao

In FY2006, a tandem accelerator was operated for 201days. The maximum voltage was 18 MV and the accelerated ion species was 19 elements (26 nuclides). As the trouble case which occurred previous year, the change of the beam shape occurred often in the injection beam line of the tandem accelerator. The cause was the contact failure of the pole connector of the electrostatics quadrupole lens. Generally, it was difficult to confirm the connection status of the opened pole but we specified a connection abnormal part by the capacitive coupling method. This technique is useful technology which can be applied to the other electrostatics optics elements. Because the charging electric current flowed only about usual about 60% and the terminal voltage became unstable, we opened a tank and checked the charging system. As a result, a problem was confirmed to the damaging of resistance and the installation of the cable. In the seminar, the operation, maintenance and the accelerator development of the tandem accelerator in FY2006 are described.